I Am Legend... Again

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It truly must be the end of the world.

By Scott Collura

It's the year 2012, after all. Mayan calendar and all that. How else can one explain that I Am Legend 2 is happening?

Deadline reports that Warner Bros. has signed on Akiva Goldsman and Overbrook Entertainment to make a follow-up to the 2007 Will Smith starrer about the end of the world. Goldsman was a writer and producer on the original.

"The intention is for Will Smith to reprise his role as scientist Robert Neville, who was the last man on earth doing battle with a mutated mob in New York City after an apocalyptic man-made virus wiped out the population," says the site. "A deal was made with Arash Amel to write the script. The film is not being called a prequel, which had been rumored for the past few years."

What's odd here -- spoilers for a five-year-old movie! -- is that Neville died in the first film. So if it's not a prequel, how is he coming back? (Alternate DVD ending notwithstanding.)